Enrolled Nurse (Surgical Ward)

Your care keeps residents at a retirement village frail care centre in Sandton safe, clean and comfortable through the day. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a retirement village frail care centre on the Sandton side of Gauteng.

• Follow infection control rules, including hand hygiene and safe sharps disposal
• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Accredited home-based care or ancillary health care certificate for caregiver posts
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• A second South African language spoken by the patients you'll serve
• Experience in a frail care or hospice setting

• Uniform supplied
• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Transport home after late shifts at some facilities
• Overtime paid at time and a half

• Recruiters phone references for care jobs, so warn your references and check their numbers still work.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.